did you hear back from them? On 7/13/07, Roxanne Darling <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi List, > > First, I am sorry I have been insanely busy and have not integrated > the edits from the Best Practices for Content Aggregators session at > Pixelodeon. Hopefully I can get my okole in gear this weekend. > > Now, to the message; this is an "FYI." > > We were contacted to submit our videos to a new site, offering access > to "24 million people (5.5 million homes)....We are in the process of > developing a weekly television show, called "Quick Flix", and believe > your videos would be of interest to our viewers. The show will consist > of various types of user-generated videos and is scheduled to go into > production in early July." > > Here is a portion of their TOS: > > For clarity, you retain all of your ownership rights in your User > Submissions. However, by submitting the User Submissions to FLIX55, > you hereby grant FLIX55 a worldwide, non-exclusive, royalty-free, > fully paid, perpetual, sub-licensable and transferable license to > publicly display, publicly perform, distribute and reproduce the User > Submissions in any manner and in any medium, including, without > limitation, through physical copies such as still photos, videos and > CDs, by television by any means, on or via the Internet, including, > without limitation, the World Wide Web, and any other two-way > transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) based > distribution network or similar networks or technologies now known or > hereafter to become known, including, but not limited to, delivery via > such a network to personal computers, hand-held devices, and > television set-top boxes through telephone or cable lines, or > wirelessly through broadband, satellite, cellular or terrestrial > broadcast networks and other similar networks or technologies whether > now existing or hereafter developed. You obtain no rights in any form, > media or technology incorporating the User Submissions. You also > hereby grant each user of the FLIX55 website a non-exclusive license > to access your User Submissions through the website, and to use, > reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works of, display and > perform such User Submissions as permitted through the functionality > of the website and under these Terms. > > As I replied to them, it looks like a traditional TV lawyer got hired > for the job, and it really doesn't work for me as an independent media > producer. > > They re-host media files and there is no mention of making viewership > stats available. Though I have inquired about that and about their > plans for future compensation. There is some reference to contests and > prizes. There is link back to the original source's web site. > > I'll keep you posted if I learn anything more. > > Aloha Friday, > > Rox > > -- > Roxanne Darling > "o ke kai" means "of the sea" in hawaiian > 808-384-5554 > http://www.twitter.com/roxannedarling > > http://www.beachwalks.tv > http://www.barefeetshop.com > http://www.barefeetstudios.com > >
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